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Core learning partnership and users of the evaluation The IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) undertook an interim evaluation of the IFAD-financed Sustainable Development Project for the Agrarian...

Agreement at completion point Introduction IFAD has funded 15 projects in Kenya since the first project was approved in 1979. The total cost of the project portfolio is US$378 million, including...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Introduction In July 2010, the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) undertook an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Rural Enterprises Project,...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Background and the core learning partnership In 2009-2010, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted an interim evaluation of the Rural Financial...

Completion Evaluation Introduction In 2010, a completion evaluation of the Oudomxay Community Initiatives Support Project (OCISP) was conducted in Lao PDR. The main objectives were: (i) to assess...

The core learning partnership and evaluation stakeholders In 2009, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) in...

Interim Evaluation: Agreement at Completion Point Introduction The IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Smallholder Cash and Export Crops Development...

Interim evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation The interim evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Project in Aftout South and Karakoro (PASK) had a double objective:...

Project Performance Assessment Background. In 2010, the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) undertook a pilot project performance assessment (PPA) of the IFAD-financed Yarmouk...

Completion Evaluation Evaluation objectives. A completion evaluation of the Oudomxay Community Initiatives Support Project (OCISP) was conducted in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) in 2010....

Introduction The project The Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) was approved by the IFAD Executive Board in April 1997; it has had a number of extensions and is now due to complete on 31...

Interim evaluation The overall goal of the Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) is to increase household cash income of smallholders by revitalizing and increasing domestic vegetable oil...

Background and objectives (see paragraphs 69-71).1 Upon approving IFAD's Private-Sector Development and Partnership Strategy in 2005 (hereafter referred to as the private-sector strategy), the...

L’objectif général du Programme de développement de la culture des racines et tubercules au Bénin était de contribuer durablement à la lutte contre la pauvreté à travers : la diversification et...

Interim Evaluation Introduction Evaluation objectives. An interim evaluation of the Qinling Mountain Area Poverty-Alleviation Project (QMAPAP) in China was conducted in 2008. The main objectives...

Completion Evaluation Introduction In line with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Fund's Office of Evaluation (IOE) has undertaken in 2009 a...

Introduction Objectives. As agreed with the Executive Board, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) undertook an evaluation of the IFAD-financed Raymah Area Development Project (RADP) in the Republic...

Corporate-level evaluation Background and objectives The Consultation on the Eight Replenishment of IFAD's Resources decided in 2008 that the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) would undertake this...

This is the eighth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE). It presents a synthesis of the results and impact of IFAD-funded...

This is the first country programme evaluation that the Independent Office of Evaluation has undertaken for Mozambique. The overriding strategic objective has been to raise the incomes of...

The evaluation confirms the value of IFAD’s work in addressing rural poverty in India. While the Fund has contributed to promoting pro-poor innovations in particular, it has also served as a...

Agreement at completion point Background In 2008/2009, IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in the Republic of Mozambique. The main objectives of the CPE...

Core learning partnership and users of the evaluation In line with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Fund's Office of Evaluation (IOE)...

Background and the core learning partnership In 2008, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an interim evaluation of the Qinling Mountain Area Poverty-Alleviation Project (QMAPAP) in China....

Agreement at Completion Point Background and Introduction IFAD's Office of Evaluation (IOE) conducted a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Argentina in 2009/2010. The CPE had two basic...

Background. At its Ninety-fifth Session in December 2008, the Executive Board requested the Office of Evaluation (IEO) to undertake a corporate-level evaluation of IFAD's capacity to promote...

Completion evaluation Background IFAD started its operations in Yemen in 1979 and since then has funded 20 agriculture and rural development projects in the country. The total costs of these...

Background1 India is the largest borrower from IFAD, both in terms of number of projects financed and resources invested. The Fund has provided loans for 24 agriculture and rural development...

Objectives and main lines of the evaluation. In 2009, the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) undertook its first evaluation of...

Completion evaluation Objectives, process and core learning partnership of the evaluation Objectives. In 2009, the IFAD Office of Evaluation conducted a final evaluation of the Roots and Tubers...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) completed a joint evaluation on agriculture and rural development (ARD) in Africa, in December...

This is the first country programme evaluation undertaken by the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD for Argentina. The evaluation found that the performance of the investment portfolio is...

This is the seventh Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) prepared by the Office of Evaluation (OE). It presents a synthesis of the main results and impact from evaluations...

Interim Evaluation Executive summary Background In December 2007, the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to...

Completion evaluation - Executive summary Introduction Evaluation objectives and process. The completion evaluation of the Upper Mandraré Basin Development Project – Phase II (PHBM II) is intended...

Interim Evaluation Introduction Evaluation objectives, methodology and process. In the spring of 2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD undertook an Interim Evaluation of the Uplands Food...

Poverty in the Philippines is predominantly rural and Western Mindanao is one of the poorest and least developed regions in the Philippines. The agriculture sector accounts for over a third of...

Poverty in the Philippines is predominantly rural and Western Mindanao is one of the poorest and least developed regions in the Philippines. The agriculture sector accounts for over a third of...

The objectives of the country programme evaluation (CPE) are to assess the performance and impact of the IFAD country programme in Nigeria and develop findings and recommendations. These will serve...

In December 2007, the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to undertake a completion evaluation of the Rural...

Country Programme evaluation Background In 2007/2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted a country programme evaluation (CPE) in...

Background In 2007/2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in Ethiopia. The main objectives of the CPE were to: (i) assess the performance and impact...

IFAD assistance to Ethiopia. IFAD has provided loans totalling US$206 million to finance 13 projects in Ethiopia since 1980. A further US$288 million in cofinancing for these projects has been...

Background In 2007/2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in The Sudan. The main objectives of the CPE were to: (i) assess the performance and impact...

Interim evaluation Agreement at completion point Background and introduction In 2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted an...

Interim evaluation Introduction In April 2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an interim evaluation of the IFAD-funded Uplands Food Security Project (UFSP) in the Democratic People's...

Interim evaluation Background and core learning partnership The Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project (WMCIP) targeted the poor, including indigenous people, in four provinces in Western...

Agreement at completion point - Completion evaluation Evaluation objectives and process. In June 2008, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD conducted a Completion Evaluation of PHBM II in...

Executive Summary Introduction and background Evaluation objectives, methodology and process. The objectives of the country programme evaluation (CPE) are to assess the performance and impact of...

Background and introduction IFAD's independent Office of Evaluation conducted the final evaluation of the Rural Development Project for the Northeastern Provinces (PRODERNEA) in Argentina in 2008....

Executive summary Introduction Evaluation objectives, methodology and process. The Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) undertook the Country...

This is the sixth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the Office of Evaluation (OE). The ARRI report consolidates and synthesizes the results and impact of...

Completion evaluation Introduction Background The mountain areas in Albania cover 70 per cent of the country's territory and have a considerably higher incidence of poverty than the lowland coastal...

Completion evaluation Introduction The Southern Region Cooperatives Development and Credit Project (SOCODEP) was undertaken in the Southern Region of Ethiopia between 1994 and 2005. This document...

Completion Evaluation Introduction The economy The Apuseni Development Project (ADP) was designed and became effective at a time when Romania was still experiencing the aftershocks of the breakup...

Background In 2007/2008, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in Pakistan. The main objectives of the CPE were to: (i) assess the performance and impact...

The evaluation process IFAD's Office of Evaluation undertook a country programme evaluation in Morocco with three main objectives: (i) to evaluate the quality of the strategy pursued by IFAD since...

A. Background The Office of Evaluation (OE) undertook a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Brazil in 2007. The main objective of the CPE was to assess the performance and impact of IFAD...

Completion evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2006/2007, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the Apuseni Development...

Completion evaluation Introduction In 2007, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a project completion evaluation of the Dir Area Support Project (DASP). This was the first evaluation by OE of...

The Government of Belize (GoB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) co-financed the Community-initiated Agriculture and Resource...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Background and core learning partnership The Southern Region Cooperatives Development and Credit Project (SOCODEP) was one of the first significant...

Interim evaluation Introduction Burkina Faso is a land-locked country in West Africa with a population of 13.6 million, of which 81 per cent live in rural areas. In 2006, GDP per capita was US$1...

Objectives, process and core learning partnership An interim evaluation of the Community-based Rural Development Project 1 (PNGT2) was conducted by IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) at the end of...

Completion evaluation Country background Physical and social features. Belize is a country of 22 965 km², located in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico. The...

This is the fifth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) prepared by the Office of Evaluation (OE). It synthesizes the main results and impacts from the 15 IFAD-funded...

Executive summary Introduction At its eighty-ninth session in December 2006, the Executive Board requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to undertake a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) in...

Executive summary A. Introduction In December 2005, at its eighty sixth session, IFAD's Executive Board requested the Office of Evaluation (OE) to undertake a Country Programme Evaluation (CPE)...

IFAD's assistance to Morocco. Since 1979, IFAD has financed nine projects in Morocco for a total of US$146.3 million in loans on intermediate terms. The total cost of projects cofinanced by IFAD in...

Interim Evaluation Introduction The interim evaluation of the Development of the Puno-Cusco Corridor Project, was carried out between March and August 2006.1 This was the sixth project implemented...

Completion evaluation The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation1 The Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) carried out a completion...

Completion evaluation Introduction The population of the Republic of Colombia is 45.6 million (2005), of which 23 per cent live in rural areas. The country's economy is the fifth largest in Latin...

Completion Evaluation Introduction Country background The United Republic of Tanzania is a country with 38 million inhabitants. In 2005, around 75 per cent of the population lived in rural areas,...

Completion Evaluation Introduction Evaluation objectives and procedure. The completion evaluation of the Niger Special Country Programme – Phase II (PSN-II) was conducted by the IFAD Office of...

The Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) project design was highly relevant to the needs of the targeted communities. The substantial support for indigenous processes and...

Corporate-level evaluation Introduction This Agreement at Completion Point (ACP) was drawn up at the end of the Corporate-level Evaluation (CLE) of IFAD's Rural Finance Policy (RFP) and operations....

Corporate-level evaluation Rural finance. The rural poor – over 800 million people – require and use a variety of financial services. However, in most cases these services are inappropriate and...

Corporate-level evaluation Introduction In 2006/07, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a Corporate-level Evaluation (CLE) of the Field Presence Pilot Programme (FPPP), requested by the...

Corporate-level evaluation Introduction Background. In December 2003, at its eightieth session, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD's) Executive Board approved the three-year...

The evaluation process IFAD's Office of Evaluation has undertaken a country programme evaluation (CPE) in Mali, with three main objectives: (i) evaluate the quality of the strategy pursued by IFAD...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Completion evaluation Core Learning Partnership In 2006, IFAD's Office of Evaluation conducted a Completion Evaluation of the Agricultural Development...

Interim evaluation1 Core learning partnership and evaluation users The Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has conducted an interim evaluation of the...

Introduction During the period 12 – 30 September 2005, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) fielded an Evaluation Mission (EM) to Mozambique in order to undertake the necessary field work for the...

Completion evaluation Background and Core Learning Partnership The Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) Project targeted Indigenous communities in three provinces of the...

Completion evaluation Background In 2006, the International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the Participatory Irrigation...

Completion evaluation Evaluation approach and core learning partnership IFAD's Office of Evaluation undertook a completion evaluation of the Special Country Programme – Phase II (PSN-II) in the...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point The Core Learning Partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2005, IFAD's Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted a completion evaluation of the Rural...

Completion evaluation 1 Introduction The economy. The ADP became effective in 1997 with the country still suffering from the abrupt withdrawal of Soviet Union capital at independence in 1991 and...

Completion evaluation Project history and design The design process started in 1991 before the peace agreement in 1992. Appraisal was done in 1993, and in April 1994, IFAD's Executive Board...

Completion evaluation Introduction Background. After Mongolia joined IFAD in 1994, discussions between the Government of Mongolia (GOM) and the Fund led to the formulation of the first...

IFAD's assistance to Mali. Since 1982, IFAD has approved ten loans for a sum of almost US$126 million, making a total of US$280 million when combined with the contributions of the Government and...

This is the fourth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI) produced by the Office of Evaluation (OE). As in the past, the ARRI report consolidates and synthesizes the results...

Completion evaluation Introduction Background of the evaluation. The loan for the Rural Development Project of the Mayan Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula was approved by the Executive Board of...

Interim Evaluation1 The purpose of the interim evaluation mission (IEM) – required under IFAD policy – was to determine whether the programme results and impact warrant pursuing the project and, if...

Interim Evaluation Introduction In accordance with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an Interim...

Interim Evaluation1 Background. PRODECOP was approved by the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in September 1996 (Loan 427-VE). The loan entered into...

Completion Evaluation1 Introduction The completion evaluation mission is conceived as an independent yet consultative exercise and designed as a service to the Southwest Anhui Integrated...

Interim Evaluation In accordance with the Evaluation Policy of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Office of Evaluation (OE) conducted an Interim Evaluation of the Upper...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) adopted its Regional Strategy in Asia and the Pacific in March 2002, which was the first time that the Fund coherently developed and...

Background1 Since joining the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 1981 and up to the end of 2004, the Government of Rwanda has borrowed USD 120 million from IFAD (which...

Corporate-level evaluation Introduction The Office of Evaluation (OE) undertook the evaluation of IFAD's Regional Strategy in Asia and the Pacific (EVEREST) in 2005/2006. The full EVEREST report...

The Core Learning Partnership The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) was originally set up in early 2005 and has supported the programme evaluation throughout the process up to this agreement. At the...

Country Programme Evaluation 1 This document records an agreement between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on the recommendations...

Interim Evaluation 1 Introduction The Fouta Djallon Agricultural Rehabilitation and Local Development Programme (PRAADEL) will reach completion at the end of 2006, and the Republic of Guinea and...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation1 The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2005, the Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for...

Interim evaluation 1 The core learning partnership and the user of the evaluation The Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted an interim...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Completion evaluation1 Core learning partnership and evaluation users The Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim Evaluation Background The Office of Evaluation (OE) of IFAD carried out an evaluation of the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management...

Project completion evaluation Introduction The Southwest Anhui Integrated Agricultural Development Project (SWAIADP) co-funded by the Government of China, the International Fund for Agricultural...

Interim Evaluation1 The independent interim evaluation of the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project for Upland Areas (NERCRMP) was undertaken as a standard procedure in the...

Rationale and background. The People's Republic of Bangladesh has received 22 loans from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) since 1979, more than any other country. It ranks...

Introducción 1 En consulta con las autoridades mexicanas, el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) ha decidido realizar una evaluación de su programa en el país (EPP), desde el inicio...

Interim evaluation The Benin Income-Generating Activities Project (IGAP), approved by IFAD's Executive Board in December 1995, formally started on 13 September 1996 with the signing of the...

This is the third Annual Report on the Results and Impact of IFAD’s Operations (ARRI) produced by the Office of Evaluation (OE). As in previous years, this ARRI consolidates and synthesizes the...

Introduction Background. The loan for the Peasant Development Fund Credit Project – Eastern Region of Paraguay was approved by the Executive Board of the International Fund for Agricultural...

Interim evaluation 1 The overall objective of the Integrated Agricultural Development Project in the Governorate of Siliana (PDARI), initiated in 1997 as part of the national and regional strategy...

Interim evaluation Introduction 1 The aim of the Special Country Programme (SCP) Phase II, building on that of Phase I which was conducted in Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's...

Interim evaluation report 1 Introduction The Interim Evaluation of the RFCIP is being conducted prior to the consideration of a second phase of the project. The evaluation mission visited The...

Background. In February 1997, the IFAD Governing Council adopted resolution 102/XX on Loan Administration and Supervision of Project Implementation, together with a Five-Year Plan of Action. The...

Country Programme Evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation From February until October 2005, the Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for Agricultural...

Agreement at completion point Process and evaluation partnerships Between 2001 and 2002, the Office of Evaluation (OE) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted a...

Country programme evaluation Members of the Core Learning Partnership The Core Learning Partnership (CLP) included: Mr Diego Montenegro, Minister of Agriculture; Mr Gustavo Pedraza, Minister of...

Background and introduction IFAD has been involved in the Central and Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States (CEN) region since the early 1990s, following the start of the political and...

Country programme evaluation The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation The Agreement at Completion Point (ACP), which is the end point of the evaluation process, records the...

Extract of Agreement at Completion Point Interim evaluation1 The core learning partnership and the users of the evaluation In 2005, the Office of Evaluation of the International Fund for...